Chapter 260 Jinjiang (2)
He ordered him, "Today, Master Bai is still here."
At first glance, it sounded as if Zheng Shumu was responding to Yan Shixun's curiosity about the unfinished wood sculpture, and was kindly trying to find a way to let Yan Shixun see the shadow play that interested him.
But Yan Shixun just nodded, but the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed.
Why did Zheng Shumu's words make it sound like he would never see Master Bai again tomorrow? And before in the village, Zheng Shumu had said that Master Bai didn't want to see guests, but now he changed his mind and helped him find a solution.
Zheng Tiantian raised her hand and said goodbye to the two of them in a soft voice.
Xie Lin was overwhelmed by the cuteness. Even though he knew the person in front of him was not his sister, he still smiled sincerely, waved to Zheng Tiantian, and said goodbye in a soft voice.
"Tiantian, the child's parents must love her very much. I hope she will live a sweet and carefree life."
Until the door closed and the figures of Zheng Shumu and his sister disappeared from sight, Xie Lin was still standing outside the door, staring at the door in a trance, unwilling to leave.
Xie Lin felt that he was sick again.
When Zheng Tiantian said goodbye to him, he actually had the urge to snatch Zheng Tiantian away from Zheng Shumu.
He felt that that was his sister, and he wanted to live happily with his sister like he had many years ago, never to be separated.
Although Yan Shixun had heard Song Ci talk a little about Xie Lin's background before, he only knew the basics.
He didn't care too much, just patted Xie Lin on the shoulder, signaling him to stop daydreaming.
Xie Lin looked back every few steps, looking at the closed gate with reluctance.
The short distance from Zheng Shumu's home to Uncle Bai's home felt like tens of thousands of miles.
"You think that's your sister?"
Yan Shixun noticed that something was wrong with Xie Lin, but when he remembered the weird feeling that the little girl gave him in the yard, he just frowned and his suspicion of Zheng Tiantian deepened.
However, Xie Lin remained sober.
He shook his head regretfully, looking lost: "No...my sister, her name is Xie Jiaojiao, and she should be a big girl this year."
"She's still out there somewhere, waiting for me to find her."
Xie Lin lowered his eyes, his smile mixed with bitterness.
As soon as he stepped into the yard of Uncle Bai's house, Song Ci saw two figures from afar and came out to greet them. When he saw Xie Lin's appearance, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yan Shixun, asking with his eyes what happened.
Yan Shixun: "He thought that the other party's Master Zheng's sister was his sister."
Song Ci was so angry that he fell backwards: "Xie Lin! Have you not taken your medicine on time recently? Don't you know the condition of your own health?"
As soon as the young master got angry, Xie Lin immediately ignored everything else and trotted over to coax the young master. He apologized repeatedly and explained that he had taken the medicine on time and that he had only been wrong for a few seconds.
The originally quiet yard of Uncle Bai's house suddenly became much more lively.
Ye Li also smiled and raised his hand to tuck Yan Shixun's scattered hair behind his ear: "How is it?"
Part of Yan Shixun's mind remained on the painting in Zheng Shumu's house until Ye Li asked him about it. He then turned around, locked the door, and whispered to Ye Li what he had seen.
"Do you have any clue, my master and Zheng Shumu?"
Yan Shixun looked at Ye Li seriously and lowered his voice and said, "Since my master knows Zheng Shumu, he must have been to this village before."
"Usually my master would take me with him when he went out. There were only two periods of time when he went out that I did not witness."
"One was before they picked me up, and the other was after I went to college."
Li Chengyun is not a conventional parent. He often asks for leave for Yan Shixun and then takes him to travel around.
Traveling thousands of miles is as important as reading thousands of books.
And because Yan Shixun had a physique that was full of evil spirits, he learned things very quickly. Even if he missed classes for a whole semester, he could still study for two days before the final and get top scores.
So even though the teachers were reluctant, they had no choice but to let this strange pair of parents and children go.
However, this pleasant pattern only lasted until college.
Then the master and apprentice met the counselor.
The counselor was worried that Yan Shixun would believe in metaphysics instead of science, and was afraid that Li Chengyun would lead Yan Shixun astray, so she tried to persuade Li Chengyun earnestly, saying that Yan Shixun had grown up and should make friends in school like a normal child, and that the experience of college life was also important.
Regarding Yan Shixun's growth, Li Chengyun thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he decided to take Yan Shixun out only during the holidays.
And that year was also Li Chengyun’s last year.
Yan Shixun had no idea what Li Chengyun had experienced during that time.
He only vaguely knew from Li Chengyun's friends that Li Chengyun went to look for the old site of Fengdu.
At that time, a master who had been in seclusion for many years shook his head and sighed helplessly when Yan Shixun came to him to ask about Li Chengyun. He said that Li Chengyun was walking a path that he knew would lead to death, and he had prepared to sacrifice his life long before he set out.
Li Chengyun... is spying on the secrets of heaven.
He did something that no ascetic had ever dared to do and no one had ever succeeded in doing.
——He is fighting against heaven and earth to gain a glimmer of hope for the human world.
"I suspect that my master visited this village and met Zheng Shumu himself during the period before his death."
Yan Shixun said seriously: "There was something here that my master was concerned about, and I must know what it was."
Zheng Shumu, who knew Li Chengyun during that period, might have known about this.
Although Yan Shixun didn't know whether Zheng Shumu was still the Zheng Shumu that Li Chengyun knew back then, as they were currently in the shadow play, he didn't intend to miss this opportunity.
Yan Shixun planned to go find Zheng Shumu again, avoid Zheng Tiantian, and ask him alone.
Ye Li stared at Yan Shixun for a long time before whispering, "Okay."
"Whatever you want to do, I'm here for you."
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